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be_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o archduke_n philip_n and_o of_o duke_n henry_n deplore_a the_o miserable_a estate_n of_o their_o country_n make_v a_o long_a speech_n of_o the_o cause_n &_o motive_n of_o the_o alteration_n which_o have_v happen_v whereof_o ensue_v the_o siege_n of_o franicker_n which_o have_v not_o be_v but_o through_o the_o excessive_a and_o insupportable_a exaction_n and_o tax_n which_o be_v daily_o lay_v upon_o they_o without_o intermission_n wherewith_o the_o country_n be_v not_o only_o exhaust_v of_o money_n but_o make_v poor_a miserable_a and_o desolate_a and_o all_o through_o the_o horseleech_n of_o governor_n and_o officer_n which_o the_o duke_n have_v place_v there_o the_o which_o thrust_v they_o into_o such_o despair_n as_o the_o misery_n and_o calamity_n which_o follow_v take_v their_o spring_n and_o begin_n from_o thence_o they_o therefore_o beseech_v he_o that_o it_o will_v please_v duke_n henry_n of_o saxony_n in_o regard_n of_o a_o certain_a sum_n 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a_o passport_n at_o his_o hand_n the_o which_o he_o send_v they_o but_o in_o such_o obscure_a and_o doubtful_a term_n as_o they_o dare_v not_o trust_v unto_o it_o for_o in_o truth_n this_o resignation_n of_o the_o siegneury_n of_o friesland_n unto_o the_o archduke_n philip_n which_o be_v then_o in_o question_n do_v nothing_o please_v the_o say_a lieutenant_n the_o council_n nor_o the_o noble_n of_o friesland_n that_o be_v partisan_n to_o the_o saxon_n whereupon_o they_o send_v they_o this_o defective_a passport_n mean_v to_o entrap_v they_o for_o contrariwise_o instead_o of_o give_v ear_n to_o this_o resignation_n they_o force_v all_o the_o country_n of_o frieseland_n from_o staveren_n unto_o the_o river_n of_o lauwers_n to_o swear_v unto_o the_o duke_n henry_n and_o george_n of_o saxony_n brethren_n son_n to_o the_o decease_a duke_n albert_n exact_v upon_o all_o the_o town_n and_o village_n of_o the_o country_n a_o year_n contribution_n of_o advance_v except_o the_o clergy_n who_o 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